Was Jesus Invisibly Present in 1914?
If it could be scripturally proven that the, 'appointed times of the Nations,' did not end in the year 1914, then everything taught by the Governing Body of the Watchtower Society, for that year, would have to be flawed reasoning. Actually making them, nothing more than a false Prophet. Notice what they say in this following Watchtower Quote about this very thing:
"Jehovah’s Witnesses have long recognized that this prophecy found its fulfillment with spirit-anointed Christians after the end of "the appointed times of the nations" ,the Gentile Times, in 1914." (Revelation—ItsGrandClimaxAtHand! page 164, 1988, "ThenIsFinishedtheMysteryofGod," pages 261-4, 1969.)
At this point, some may ask, what exactly are, the Appointed Times of the Nations? The answer to this query, is found in the writing of the Disciple Luke, at Luke 21:20-24. In the interest of time and space, I will qoute merely the portion, that answers this question, but each one should read this prophecy through from beginning to end, to arrive at the proper conclusion; but I will only cite these following words: ... "and they will fall by the edge of the Sword and be led captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be trampled on by the nations, until the appointed times of the nations are fulfilled."
Now think about this for a moment! Was not Luke a member of the Heavenly calling? In this passage of scripture, would Luke even concern himself with earthly Jerusalem, knowing himself that Jehovah had rejected and cast off the Israelites inhabiting earthly Jerusalem? Would not Luke have known what Jesus had said, concerning that City of Jerusalem? These following words: "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the killer of the prophets and stoner of those sent forth to her, -----how often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks together under her wings! But you people did not want it. Look! Your house is abandoned to you. For I say to you, you will by no means see me from henceforth until you say, 'Blessed is he that comes in Jehovah's name." [Matthew 23:37--39]
Would not Luke, have the exact same mind-set as the Apostle Paul, who himself had claimed: "But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother." [Galatians 4:26] Here Paul was speaking for all of the anointed Brothers of the Christ, including Luke, when he said, 'our Mother.' To take it a step further, note what Paul will next tell you, about all of the Heavenly calling, whose Mother was, 'the Jerusalem above:' "As for us, our Citizenship exists in the Heavens, from which place also we are eagerly waiting for our savior, the Lord Jesus Christ." [Philippians 3:20] So, Lukes reference, when he said, 'Jerusalem will be trampled on by the nations,' his reference could not have been to earthly Jerusalem, but Heavenly New Jerusalem. [Hebrews 12:22 -24] [Revelation 3:12;21:2,10] The reason being, earthly Jerusalem, was under the old law covenant, but due to the inauguration of the foretold new covenant established on the precious blood of the Christ, the old covenant was set aside, and the new covenant came into force. [Jeremiah 31:31-34] It was no longer, earthly Mount Zion, but Heavenly Mount Zion; it was no longer, earthly Jerusalen, but Heavenly New Jerusalem. So, a complete change was made, from earthly, to Heavenly. So, this trampling, was not on earthly Jerusalem, but, more, rather, on Heavenly New Jerusalem, or, the, Jerusalem above. Earthly Jerusalem was never trampled on, they was themselves the ones doing this trampling, evidence by Jesus own words to them at Matthew 23:37-39. "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the killer of the prophets, and stoner of those sent forth to them." So, it becomes clearly obvious, the entire Israelite Nation was responsible for the trampling on by the nations, by the killing of Jehovah's Prophets and Holy Ones. Notice what the Apostle Stephen said to those early persecuting Jews: "Obstinate men and uncircumcised in hearts and ears, you are always resisting the Holy Spirit; as your forefathers did, so you do. Which one of the Prophets did your forefathers not persecute? Yes, they killed those who made announcement in advance concerning the coming of the righteous one, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become. You who have received the law as transmitted by angels but have not kept it." This account goes on to tell us, they stoned him to death. [Acts 7:51-60;8:1-3]
At Matthew 23:33--36 the words of Jesus to those early Jews shows, how badly this trampling actually was, and would continue to be. For note now these words of Jesus: "Serpents, offspring of vipers, how are you to flee from the judgment of Ge-hen'na? For this reason, here I am sending forth to you prophets and wise men and public instructors. Some of them you will kill and impale, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city; that there may come upon you all the righteous blood spilled on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zech-a-ri'ah son of Bar-a-chi'ah whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the Alter. Truly I say to you, All these things will come upon this generation."
We know from scripture, that this persecution and murder spilled over into the first century, when the Christ received the foretold heel-wound, and as already pointed out Stephen was stoned to death, James was put to death by the sword, and the congregation was brutally persecuted. [Acts 12:1-5]
Notice from the words of Jesus, this trampling first began at the murder of Abel by his Brother Cain, who was the, 'seed of satan the devil.' So, up to this point, the Governing Body of the Watchtower Society is quite in error; because the Trampling on Jerusalem did not begin in 607BCE. I will go on to say that no one could ever know the exact day/ date, when this Trampling first began. I will add: No one could ever possibly know when it will end, because as Jesus has told us, no one knows the day or hour for Armageddon, which will wipe all the nations from the face of this earth. [Matthew 24:36] Because it is all the Nations, belonging to satan the devil, that have been responsible for this continued trampling. Was that not enough, no one could possibly know how long this trampling that began with the murder of Abel, ran, because no one knows the day/date for that murder. Nor do they know, exactly how long that time period ran, and not knowing the day/date for massive divine intervention, how could they possibly know that the Christ was invisibly present in the year 1914? So, the calculations of the Governing Body, simply shows us that they are not granted to understand the sacred secrets of the kingdom of the heavens, nor have they had their minds fully opened to grasp the meaning of the scriptures. [Matthew 13:10-15] [Luke 24:45] Even worse, they are devoid of the Holy Spirit, which if they possessed, they would never have made errors as serious as what I will point out before I am finished. [John 14:15-17] Last, but by no means, least, they are blinded by satan the devil, the god of this World. The principle, or main one, behind all of this trampling, on the Jerusalem above. Why do I say that, and how could satan keep these nations on their murdering course? Paul will explain that, in his next words: "If, now, the good news we declare is in fact veiled, it is veiled among those who are perishing, among whom the god of this system of things, [satan the devil] has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, that the illumination of the glorious good news about the [glory] of Christ might not shine through." [2Corinthians 4:3,4]
Pay close attention, now, as I show exactly, how, and why, satan the devil is the major player, in this scenario, and exactly why this trampling came into being in the first place.
We all know, that satan misled the Woman Eve, who in turn caused her husband Adam to eat of the fruit of the Tree they were commanded not to touch; for Jehovah had clearly told the pair, 'the day you eat of it, you will positively die!' [Genesis 2:16,17] satan arrives on the scene, countermanding Jehovah's clear command by telling the Woman: " You positively will not die! [Geneses 3:1-7] We all know, because of that disobedience all mankind is now, and ever since then, is in a dying state. [Romans 5:12 [1Corinthians 15:20-23]
At that time, right there in that Garden Jehovah sentenced, satan to his eventual death in the lake of fire, and this is the reason this trambling first began; with these following words of Jehovah God to satan the devil: "And Jehovah God proceeded to say to the serpent: "Because you have done this thing, you are the cursed one out of all the domestic animals and out of all the wild beasts of the field. Upon your belly you will go and dust is what you will eat all the days of your life. And I shal put enmity [hatred] between you and the Woman and between your seed and her seed. He [Jesus] will bruise you in the head and you will bruise him in the heel." [Genesis 3:15] [Matthew 25:41]
This enmity, or hatred, first began at the killing of righteous Abel by his Brother Cain. The beginning of the Trampling on Jerusalem with the murder of Abel. [Genesis 4:8-16] Of course when the Christ received his heel wound, because of the influence of satan the devil, and all the Twelve Apostles would be murdered, those killings constituted the trampling on Heavenly New Jerusalem. Or Jehovah's Heavenly Woman. [Revelation 12:1-6] {Matthew 27: 32-66]
Now, read over, these inspired words of the Apostle John, and notice, exactly what this propecy says: "And a great sign was seen in heaven, a woman arrayed with the sun, and the moon was beneath her feet, and on her head was a crown of twelve stars, and SHE WAS PREGNANT. And she cries out in her pains and in her agony to give birth. And another sign was seen in heaven, and, look! a great fiery colored dragon, with seven heads and ten horns and upon its heads seven diadems; and its tail drags a third of the stars of heaven, [the demon angels] and it hurled them down to the earth. And the dragon kept standing before the woman who was ABOUT TO GIVE BIRTH, that WHEN SHE DID GIVE BIRTH, IT MIGHT DEVOUR HER CHILD." And she gave birth to a son, a male, who is to shepherd all the nations WITH AN IRON ROD. And her child was caught away to God and to his Throne. And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and sixty days."
Keep in mind, this underlined portion, where we are told: 'her Child was caught away to God and to his Throne.' As I now cite these inspired words of the Apostle John: "To the one that conguers I will grant to sit down with me on my Throne, even as I conquered and sat down with my Father on his Throne." [Revelation 3:21] Now, was Jesus really, invisibly present in the year 1914? One might be persuaded to believe that, but for the words of the Psalmist at Psalms 110:1,2 that while Jesus was sitting at his Fathers right hand, even though, at that time he was wearing his crown, he had to wait for something, even before he made a move. What was it, that he had to wait for? The Psalmist will tell us that, with these following words: "The utterance of Jehovah to my Lord is; 'sit at my right hand Until I make your enemies a stool for your feet. The rod of your strength Jehovah will send out of Zion, [Saying] "Go subduing in the midst of your enemies."
Even to this very day, the Heavenly Woman has not birthed the Man Child, because Jesus, right at this very moment in time, is still seated at his Fathers right hand on his Fathers Throne; and not invisibly present at all. He must wait there until he hears these next words, and when he does he will take kingdom power. "Go, subduing in the midst of your enemies." When Jesus is issued that command from his Father, he will go forth to fight the War of the great day of God the Almighty at Armageddon. Now someone, please tell me, exactly how the Christ could possibly be invisibly present in the year 1914, while still seated at the right hand of his Father in the Heavenly Spirit Realm?
Does it not make sense that an Organization that claims to be the, 'Spirit Directed Organization of Jehovagh God;' an Organization that has dealt with the composite sign of the coming of Christ, for many, many, years now, in Matthew 24 -Mark 13-Luke 21 how they totally missed seeing these following words of Jesus: "Keep on the Watch, therefore, because you do not know on what day your Lord is coming." {Matthew 24:42] Now for Marks account: "Therefore keep on the watch, for you do not know when the Master of the House is coming." [Mark 13:35] Now for Lukes account: "Also, there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth anguish of nations, not knowing the way out because of the roaring of the sea and its agitation, while men become faint out of fear and expectation of the things coming upon the inhabited earth; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. And then they will see the son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. But as these things start to occur, raise yourselves erect and lift your heads up, because your deliverance is getting near." [Luke 21:25-28]
Now, take a moment to reason on this! Does anyone know, the exact day/date, that Abel was murdered by his Brother Cain? Does anyone know, exactly, the amount of time, that has been running ever since that first murder? Who of us can tell exactly when that count of time will end? [Matthew 24:36] Let it be known, that, that count of time is still running, right up to this very moment in time; the reason being, it could never end until satan, the god of this system of things, is chained and abyssed. [2Corinthians 4:3,4] [Revelation 20:1-3] Until all the Governmental Authorities that belong to satan the devil vanish from this earth. [Matthew 4:8-11] [Revelation 13:1,2] [Psalms 10:16] As well, the entire empire of Religious Christendom, Babylon the great, satan's whorish prostitute, Woman that rides the Beast of Revelation, is still fat, fresh, and flourishing. [Revelation 17:1-6] Only when all of that is totally removed will those appointed times of the nations be fufilled. The main reason being, all of the nations, that make up religious christendom contain the seed of satan the devil; the ones who display this foretold violent hatred, towards the seed of the heavenly woman. Jesus shows us, that at his very arrival in kingdom power, that foretold enmity, spoken about by Jehovah God in the garden of Eden, to satan the devil, is still going on, even at his coming. Notice what Jesus will tell us next about that: "Then people will deliver you up to tribulation and will kill you, and you will be objects of hatred by all the nations on account of my name." [Matthew 24:9] During this last killing of the seed of the Heavenly Woman, at the height of the great tribulation, will that tribulation be cut short to save the lives of the remaining chosen ones who are still surviving, as mentioned by Jesus at Matthew 24:21,22]
I do not know, if anyone notices this, or not, but satan is stiil the god of this system of things, he still holds this entire World in his power, he still misleads the entire inhabited earth, he stiil blinds the unbelievers; and as long as that situation exists, until it is all totally, and completely removed, the appointed times of the nations could never end. All of the nations still contain his murderous hate-filled seed. Only when all of this, experiences the fulfillment of the prophecy of Zephaniah the Prophet, only then, will it end with finality; when these following words of this prophet come to fulfillment, and they will be fulfilled, make no mistake about that: "Neither their silver, nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of Jehovah’s fury; but by the fire of his zeal the whole earth will be devoured, because he will make an extermination, indeed a terrible one, of all the inhabited earth." Only then, will the appointed times of the nations end. [Zephaniah 1:14-18] [2Corinthians 4:3,4] [1John 5:19] [Revelation 12:9] [Jeremiah 25:32,33] [Psalms 10:16]
So, everything the Governing Body of the Watchtower teaches concerning the year 1914, is absolutely, and positively, flawed reasoning; and why should we believe any different than that, for it just adds to their 133 year record of failed predictions and false prophecies? So, not surprising! Is it?
Let me now, end this discussion by pointing to a scripture that will reveal two things to us. Notice, now, these following words of Jesus, once again: "Therefore keep on the watch, for you do not know when the Master of the House is coming, whether late in the day or at midnight or at cockcrowing or early in the morning; in order that when he comes suddenly he does not find you sleeping. But what I say to you I say to all. Keep on the watch." [Mark 13:35] By calling himself the Master of the house, he would of necessity have to be the faithful slave of the parable at Matthew 24:45 who was foretold to supply the spiritual food at the proper time. Even more, he has told us, that no one could possibly know exactly when he was coming; so how could he possibly be invisibly present in the year 1914? No one could possibly know that! Because, as he said, he would arrive suddenly! Without warning, in other words. So, wouldn`t you say the Governing Body of the Watchtower Society, was overstepping their bounds by telling everyone that Jesus was invisibly present in kingdom power in the year 1914?
All they really prove themselves to be, is a very arrogant, puffed-up, self-appointed, self exalted, False Prophet, and one would wonder, wouldn't they, why the rank and file doesn't see that? Because Jehovah's inspired penmen, clearly reveal to us, that Jesus was definitely not invisibly present in the year 1914, at all.
That is an expression inspired by the demons. Pure and simple!
Writer: William James Parker
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